Appealing
Thinking a claim is true (or false) because it can't be proven true (or false)
Appel to ignorance
Misrepresenting or exaggerating another person's argument to make it easier to attack
Strawman Fallacy
Thinking an argument is true because it's popular
Bandwagon fallacy
Katherine is a bad choice for mayor because she didn’t grow up in this town is an example of what?
Ad Hominem
A form of a complex question that contains a controversial assumption.
Loaded Question
Believing something is right just because it's been done around for a really long time
Appel to tradition
Only choosing a few examples that support your argument rather than looking at the full picture
Cherry picking
Believing something is good or beneficial just because it's natural
Naturalistic Fallacy
Losing a tooth can be scary, but have you heard about the Tooth Fairy? Is an example of what?
Red herring
Thinking instead of proving your claim is true, the other person has to prove it's false
Shifting the burden of proof
Trying to persuade someone by manipulating their emotions such as fear, anger, or ridicule - rather than making a rational case
Appeal to emotions
Making an argument that something is true by repeating the same thing in different words
Begging the question
the arguer justifies their decision to continue a specific course of action by the amount of time or money they’ve already spent on it
Sunk cost fallacy
I felt nauseated both times I ate pizza from Georgio’s, so I must be allergic to something in pizza. Is an example of what?
Hasty generalization
Believing that just because two things happen at the same time, that one must have caused the other
Correlation proves causation
Believing just because an authority or "expert" believes something than it must be true
Appeal to authority
Taking an argument to an exaggerated extreme. If we let A happen then Z will happen
Slippery slope
Making an assumption about a specific person based on general tendencies within a group they belong to
Ecological fallacy
If you don’t support my decision, you were never really my friend. Is an example of what?
False Dilemma
Thinking that just because something applies to you that it must be true for most people
Anecdotal evidence
A fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting one's opponent's feelings of pity or guilt.
Appeal to Pity
Using two different meanings of a word to prove your argument
Equivocation
Thinking just because a claim follows a logical fallacy that it must be false
Fallacy Fallacy
When ice cream sales are up, so are shark attacks. Therefore, buying ice cream increases your risk of being bitten by a shark. Is an example of what?
Causal Fallacy
the assumption that if two things are alike in one regard, they must be alike in other ways.
False Analogy